| Figure Name | hypotimesis |
| Source | Bullinger (1898) ("hypotimesis; or, under-estimating") |
| Earliest Source | None |
| Synonyms | under-estimating, meiligmata |
| Etymology | Gr. hypo "under" and timeesis "a valuing" or "estimating" from timae "tp deem" or "hold worthy" |
| Type | Scheme |
| Linguistic Domain |
Semantic Syntactic |
| Definition |
1. Parenthetic Addition by way of Apology or Excuse... A parenthetical remark is so called when it is apologetic, in order to excuse some bold or extravagant use of language, such as "If I may so say," or "So to speak," or, "As it were." (Bullinger, 491) |
| Example |
1. Rom. 3:5. -"I speak as a man." |
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| Confidence | Unconfident |
| Last Editor | Ioanna Malton |
| Confidence | Unconfident |
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| Reviewed | No |